Divine Madness!

Infobox Film
name = Divine Madness!


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caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Michael Ritchie
writer = Jerry Blatt
Bette Midler
Bruce Vilanch
starring = Bette Midler
music = Tom Jans
cinematography = William A. Fraker
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = flagicon|Canada September 13, 1980 (Toronto Film Festival)
flagicon|US September 26 (limited)
flagicon|Finland April 17, 1981
runtime = 94 minutes (Theatrical Motion Picture Release) 87 minutes (Home Video Version)
country = U.S.A.
language = English
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amg_id = 1:14062
imdb_id = 0080634

"Divine Madness!" is a concert documentary about Bette Midler directed by Michael Ritchie, released in 1980. It is a documentary about a Bette Midler concert filmed at Pasadena's Civic Auditorium. The 94 minute film features 16 songs, including "Leader of the Pack," "Big Noise From Winnetka," "Paradise," "Shiver Me Timbers," "Fire Down Below," "Stay With Me," "My Mother’s Eyes," "Chapel of Love/Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," "Do You Want to Dance," "You Can’t Always Get What You Want/I Shall Be Released," and many more.

Richie actually filmed four different concerts and cut them together to look like one; careful choreagraphy ensured that the viewer never sees any of the 20 cameras used at the concerts.

It was released in 1980 to relative critical success, Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert giving it three and a half stars saying that the film's only weakness was that there was not "enough close-up shots of the audience".

Note: the tracks "Shiver Me Timbers" and "Rainbow Sleeve" were edited out of the Home Video Version.

"Divine Madness" has been re-released on DVD but as yet only in the US and consequently only in the Region 1 format.

Music

"For further info see Divine Madness (Bette Midler album)"

External links

*imdb title|id=0080634|title=Divine Madness!
*rotten-tomatoes|id=divine_madness|title=Divine Madness!
*mojo title|id=divinemadness|title=Divine Madness!